The Prime Minister emphasized that children and youth caught in conflicts and humanitarian crisis must not be denied their right to education and said Pakistan continued to provide learning opportunities to Temporarily Displaced Persons during recent war against terrorism in tribal areas.
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The Foreign Office said this visit will help in strengthening the existing bilateral ties between Pakistan and Norway. PM revealed that Pakistan literacy rate gone up to two percent during last two years.
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday left for Oslo to attend a conference on education and separately hold bilateral talks with Norwegian leadership to deepen relations. “Prior to the bilateral meeting, we witnessed the signing a solar power project which will be built in Pakistan with the cooperation of Norway”, he said, adding that it was a private sector project between two companies of Norway and Pakistan. During his visit he with his counterpart and discuss the current situation.
The Prime Minister said the provincial governments in Pakistan were now spending more on education. He also met with the Crown Prince of Norway.
He said, “Pakistan wants to continue cooperation with Norway in various fields,”. Prime Minister Nawaz, while responding to a question, termed the meeting between Afghan authorities and Taliban as a “breakthrough” and said it was an “overt” and not a “covert” meeting.
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OSLO: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Oslo on Wednesday, Samaa reported.
